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In demon.tech.unix Lee Maguire <see-sig@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In demon.tech.unix Rachael Munns <vashti@drmach.dream.org.uk> wrote:
>> In demon.tech.unix, Lee Maguire  wrote:
>>> Well, if an http is running then it's a good indication that the machine
>>> is online - and (since this is a dial-up demon account) if the user is
> 
>> Not at all. One OS I had the displeasure of using used an httpd as part
>> of its help system; you might also run one to serve pages to a local
>> network or for personal use.
> 
> But (and this was my point) for someone wanting to check from an
> external box if the machine was online then being able to access
> it's webserver is as good an indication as a sucessful finger query.
> 
> I've always got an httpd available - albeit through inetd and behind a
> firewall...

Of course one of the best ways of telling when a Demon+[Linux|*BSD] user
goes online would be to send mail to random addresses at their node, and 
wait for the bounces to come back.

The occasional random UCE blizzard that has hit here has had me checking
my security and network connections _very_ carefully. 

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